The Pop Art Movement

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The paper shows how Marcel Duchamp paved the way for the acceptance of Andy Warhol's work by redefining what was considered art. The paper describes how Duchamp took several everyday objects and combined them in an unexpected way, while Andy Warhol's work transformed ordinary objects into art. The paper points out the similarities and differences between the two artists' style of art.

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From Readymades to Soup Cans
Defining the Pop Art Movement

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"Andy Warhol's work transforms ordinary objects into art that summarizes the industrialization that permeated his society. Perhaps the most poignant proclamation by Warhol was his painting of 50 soup cans. This symbolized the uniformity and confines of modern society. Each of the cans was an individual in its own right, but in mass, the individuality disappeared. Duchamp paved the way for the acceptance of Warhol's work by redefining what was considered art .
"Duchamp's 'Readymades' radically changed ideas about what art is and what art is not. Duchamp used ordinary, mass produced objects placed in gallery spaces. One of the most controversial examples of this type of redefinition of a common object was his rendition of a urinal, which he creatively redubbed "The Fountain." . Transforming ordinary objects into an art form exemplifies a key similarity between Warhol and Duchamp."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ross, A. In 'Uses of Camp' No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture. (New York: Routledge, 1989), p. 152.
• Tompkins, C. Duchamp: A Biography (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996), p. 415.
• Warhol, A. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol - From A to B and Back Again (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1975), pp. 133-134.
• Flatley, J. 'Warhol Gives Good Face: Publicity and the Politics of Prosopopeia.' POPOUT: Queer Warhol, Jennifer Doyle, et al. (eds.) (Durham: Duke University Press, 1996), p. 109.

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